Anthere wrote:
When I met Gerard in Rotterdam, he said "hi, I am Gerard". I answered I did not know him... Could not recognise a name though it is a name used in France...he had to spell it :-)
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Hoi, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nl-Gerard.ogg If you want to hear how I pronounce my name. I would be really happy to have words (including names) in many languages. So, a French Gerard or an English Gerard would be appreciated. :) One Dutch Gerard is enough I think .. :)
Sabine has started an article on the Italian wiktionary, http://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/Giovanni_Paolo_II it shows how the pope's name is written in many languages. It would be cool to have the pronunciations here as well. I had already started this .. :)
Thanks, GerardM
Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales a écrit:
David Gerard wrote:
By the way, I would strongly questoin GerardM's assertion that the person's way of pronouncing their name is *correct*, in the sense of people pronouncing it differently being *incorrect*.
:-) As a matter of courtesy I try really hard to pronounce GerardM's name in the way that he does (Dutch way) but it's basically impossible for me, and feels embarassing. So I vary between just giving up and pronouncing it the American way, and mangling it. ;-)
--Jimbo